Today, most enterprises first try an application service provider (ASP) by subscribing for a single hosted application. Often, this initial trial involves an application such as payroll, which ...

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Cloud providers shifted focus from infrastructure services to application-first services consumed directly by developers giving rise to a new application architecture. This architecture lets ...

Of the myriad challenges facing IT staffs, few are as complicated as enterprise application integration (EAI). According to InfoWorld‘s 2002 Application Integration Survey of IT leaders, EAI is still ...

There is no denying the fact that cloud-based software and computing services are now accepted as the norm. This change has profound implications on how software applications are architected, ...

Middleware vendors are now jockeying for a piece of the new enterprise integration architecture market, commonly called EAI. This month, we discuss what EAI is, what it means for the business, and how ...

Organizational hurdles brought upon by various silos, primarily within the organization's IT group, adversely impact the decision, approach, and ultimately, the outcome of integration projects As we ...